Bathsheba Everdene is young, proud, and beautiful. She is an independent woman and can marry any man she chooses - if she chooses. In fact, she likes her independence, and she likes fighting her own battles in a man’s world. But it is never wise to ignore the power of love. There are three men who would very much like to marry Bathsheba. When she falls in love with one of them, she soon wishes she had kept her independence.

5 out of 5 stars

Read as a truly engaging drama

By
ms r a charles
on
02-24-16

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Adaptation)

Oxford Bookworms Library

By:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,
Jennifer Bassett (adaptation)

Narrated by:
Charles Collingwood

Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins

Abridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
4

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
3

Story

3.5 out of 5 stars
3

Dartmoor. A wild, wet place in the south-west of England. A place where it is easy to get lost, and to fall into the soft green earth which can pull the strongest man down to his death. A man is running for his life. Behind him comes an enormous dog - a dog from his worst dreams, a dog from hell. Between him and a terrible death stands only one person - the greatest detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes.

Gulliver's Travels (Adaptation)

Oxford Bookworms Library

By:
Jonathan Swift,
Jennifer Bassett (adaptation)

Narrated by:
Ken Shanley

Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins

Abridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
3

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
2

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
2

Soon I felt something alive moving along my leg and up my body to my face, and when I looked down, I saw a very small human being, only 15 centimetres tall . . . I was so surprised that I gave a great shout. ’But that is only the first of many surprises which Gulliver has on his travels. He visits a land of giants and a flying island, meets ghosts from the past and horses which talk. An Oxford Bookworms Library reader for learners of English, adapted from the Jonathan Swift original by Clare West.

David Copperfield (Adaptation)

Oxford Bookworms Library

By:
Charles Dickens,
Clare West (adaptation)

Narrated by:
Andrew Burt

Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins

Abridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
6

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
6

Story

4 out of 5 stars
6

’Please, Mr Murdstone! Don’t beat me! I’ve tried to learn my lessons, really I have, sir!’ sobs David. Although he is only eight years old, Mr Murdstone does beat him, and David is so frightened that he bites his cruel stepfather’s hand. For that, he is kept locked in his room for five days and nights, and nobody is allowed to speak to him. As David grows up, he learns that life is full of trouble and misery and cruelty. But he also finds laughter and kindness, trust and friendship . . . and love.

3 out of 5 stars

Contemporary classic

By
ms r a charles
on
03-14-16

Oliver Twist (Adaptation)

Oxford Bookworms Library, Stage 6

By:
Charles Dickens,
Richard Rogers (adaptation)

Narrated by:
Brett Usher

Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins

Abridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
11

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
7

Story

4 out of 5 stars
9

London in the 1830s was no place to be if you were a hungry 10-year-old boy, an orphan without friends or family, with no home to go to, and only a penny in your pocket to buy a piece of bread.But Oliver Twist finds some friends – Fagin, the Artful Dodger, and Charley Bates. They give him food and shelter, and play games with him, but it is not until some days later that Oliver finds out what kind of friends they are and what kind of ’games’ they play. An Oxford Bookworms Library reader for learners of English, adapted from the Charles Dickens original by Richard Rogers.

The Scarlet Letter (Adaptation)

Oxford Bookworms Library

By:
Nathaniel Hawthorne,
Jennifer Bassett (adaptation)

Narrated by:
Oliver Wyman

Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins

Abridged

Overall

3.5 out of 5 stars
6

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
6

Story

4 out of 5 stars
6

Scarlet is the colour of sin, and the letter ’A’ stands for ’Adultery’. In the 1600s, in Boston, Massachusetts, love was allowed only between a husband and a wife. A child born outside marriage was a child of sin. Hester Prynne must wear the scarlet letter on her dress for the rest of her life. How can she ever escape from this public shame? What will happen to her child, growing up in the shadow of the scarlet letter? The future holds no joy for Hester Prynne.

2 out of 5 stars

Ug. Adaption.

By
jmgariepy
on
10-02-14

Far from the Madding Crowd (Adaptation)

Oxford Bookworms Library

By:
Thomas Hardy,
Clare West (adaptation)

Narrated by:
Janet Moore

Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins

Abridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
11

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
10

Story

4 out of 5 stars
10

Bathsheba Everdene is young, proud, and beautiful. She is an independent woman and can marry any man she chooses - if she chooses. In fact, she likes her independence, and she likes fighting her own battles in a man’s world. But it is never wise to ignore the power of love. There are three men who would very much like to marry Bathsheba. When she falls in love with one of them, she soon wishes she had kept her independence.

5 out of 5 stars

Read as a truly engaging drama

By
ms r a charles
on
02-24-16

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Adaptation)

Oxford Bookworms Library

By:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,
Jennifer Bassett (adaptation)

Narrated by:
Charles Collingwood

Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins

Abridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
4

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
3

Story

3.5 out of 5 stars
3

Dartmoor. A wild, wet place in the south-west of England. A place where it is easy to get lost, and to fall into the soft green earth which can pull the strongest man down to his death. A man is running for his life. Behind him comes an enormous dog - a dog from his worst dreams, a dog from hell. Between him and a terrible death stands only one person - the greatest detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes.

Gulliver's Travels (Adaptation)

Oxford Bookworms Library

By:
Jonathan Swift,
Jennifer Bassett (adaptation)

Narrated by:
Ken Shanley

Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins

Abridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
3

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
2

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
2

Soon I felt something alive moving along my leg and up my body to my face, and when I looked down, I saw a very small human being, only 15 centimetres tall . . . I was so surprised that I gave a great shout. ’But that is only the first of many surprises which Gulliver has on his travels. He visits a land of giants and a flying island, meets ghosts from the past and horses which talk. An Oxford Bookworms Library reader for learners of English, adapted from the Jonathan Swift original by Clare West.

David Copperfield (Adaptation)

Oxford Bookworms Library

By:
Charles Dickens,
Clare West (adaptation)

Narrated by:
Andrew Burt

Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins

Abridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
6

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
6

Story

4 out of 5 stars
6

’Please, Mr Murdstone! Don’t beat me! I’ve tried to learn my lessons, really I have, sir!’ sobs David. Although he is only eight years old, Mr Murdstone does beat him, and David is so frightened that he bites his cruel stepfather’s hand. For that, he is kept locked in his room for five days and nights, and nobody is allowed to speak to him. As David grows up, he learns that life is full of trouble and misery and cruelty. But he also finds laughter and kindness, trust and friendship . . . and love.

3 out of 5 stars

Contemporary classic

By
ms r a charles
on
03-14-16

Oliver Twist (Adaptation)

Oxford Bookworms Library, Stage 6

By:
Charles Dickens,
Richard Rogers (adaptation)

Narrated by:
Brett Usher

Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins

Abridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
11

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
7

Story

4 out of 5 stars
9

London in the 1830s was no place to be if you were a hungry 10-year-old boy, an orphan without friends or family, with no home to go to, and only a penny in your pocket to buy a piece of bread.But Oliver Twist finds some friends – Fagin, the Artful Dodger, and Charley Bates. They give him food and shelter, and play games with him, but it is not until some days later that Oliver finds out what kind of friends they are and what kind of ’games’ they play. An Oxford Bookworms Library reader for learners of English, adapted from the Charles Dickens original by Richard Rogers.

The Scarlet Letter (Adaptation)

Oxford Bookworms Library

By:
Nathaniel Hawthorne,
Jennifer Bassett (adaptation)

Narrated by:
Oliver Wyman

Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins

Abridged

Overall

3.5 out of 5 stars
6

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
6

Story

4 out of 5 stars
6

Scarlet is the colour of sin, and the letter ’A’ stands for ’Adultery’. In the 1600s, in Boston, Massachusetts, love was allowed only between a husband and a wife. A child born outside marriage was a child of sin. Hester Prynne must wear the scarlet letter on her dress for the rest of her life. How can she ever escape from this public shame? What will happen to her child, growing up in the shadow of the scarlet letter? The future holds no joy for Hester Prynne.

2 out of 5 stars

Ug. Adaption.

By
jmgariepy
on
10-02-14

Publisher's Summary

I turned on the light, but there was nobody there. Then I saw something in the corner that made my blood turn cold. Scudder was lying on his back. There was a long knife through his heart, pinning him to the floor.’ Soon Richard Hannay is running for his life across the hills of Scotland. The police are chasing him for a murder he did not do, and another, more dangerous enemy is chasing him as well - the mysterious ’Black Stone’. Who are these people? And why do they want Hannay dead? An Oxford Bookworms Library reader for learners of English, adapted from the John Buchan original by Nick Bullard.

Story

liked it a lot

I've gradually started listening to more and more audio on my kindle, however the one caveat is that a kindle does not have a sleep timer like an ipod. So, I've been on the hunt for short books like this that won't be a problem if i fall asleep listening to at night, as I can pretty much find my place the next day. I like this book not only for its length, but the narration was very clean and crisp. I enjoyed it and felt worth reading. I look forward to getting more books in this series.